In Chapter Five, how do you think Kenny and Joetta felt when Momma told them to go get the matches so the she can burn Byron?

Joey is frightened but she tries the best she can to protect her older brother. She even wrestles with her mother before finally giving up and crying.

Kenny is also frightened.... but he does little except hold onto his sister.

“Joetta, go out to the kitchen and bring me a book of matches.”
“But Mommy . . . ,” Joey said, starting to get all sobby.
“Joetta, do what I told you.”
“Mommy, I can’t . . .”The tears really started coming and Joey was squeezing my arm.
“Joetta, go get those matches!”
“Please, Mommy, he won’t do it again, will you, Byron? Promise her, promise Mommy you won’t do it again!”
“Kenneth.” She turned to me then.“Go get some matches.”
This is what I was afraid of. If I didn’t go get the matches I was going to be in worse trouble then I already was with Momma, and if I did go get the matches I knew Byron would kill me as soon as he got back from the hospital.
“Momma, I—”
“Move, young man!”
“Momma, wait a minute, I can’t move, Joey’s got me by the arm and if I move—”